Busy season, lots of traveling, changing habits, excuses, excuses…
I used to write a daily blog post, Monday-Friday. Remember those days? Somewhere along the line, it ceased to be a habit – you know how it goes when any routine gets interrupted.
When I was in college, I decided to make jogging a habit. I’d see people jogging regularly and it impressed me favorably as something that would be good for my health and get me in good shape. Win, win! So off I went with my Adidas (points for cool shoes) and absolutely no experience. Generally, my attitude about running up until that point had been that I saw no reason for it unless I was trying to catch a bus. I figured I’d start small and work my way upward.
Jogging is a huffing and puffing sport, an awkward, shuffling, sweaty, stitch-in-your-side sport. Why do people do this thing? Those were the prevailing thoughts I had after my first attempt. But I’m no quitter, at least not while I still had the idealistic visions of “Lynn the Athletic Young Woman” running through my brain. I’d never been accused of being athletic before and I really wanted the title. I kept at it, hoping that at some point it would become less agonizing and more rewarding. Well, guess what? It did! After a month or so, I hit my stride, literally and figuratively. “Gonna fly now…flying high now…” I felt like Rocky, except without the disgusting raw egg drinking.
And then I got a nasty cold which put me out of commission for a week. My jogging career derailed just like that. The balloon of my motivation became completely deflated. (I’m rather liking the image of balloons of motivation skimming along over people’s heads, some really buoyant, some losing air, and some like limp rags flopping listlessly on the forehead, obscuring the vision. Just a minute – I need to contact Disney with an animated movie idea!!!! You can see how I get caught up in flights of fancy.)
But I actually like writing, a sport that can be done in the comfort and ease of my plushy chair. So, there may come a day when I give up writing this blog, but IT WILL NOT BE THIS DAY!
I’ll have to see if I can get back up to the speed of 5 posts per week. I’ll start small and work my way upward. Oy – I’ve got a stitch in my side!
I’ll probably delete this post in the morning in an attempt to return to the basics.
Lynniebeemuseoday 
I think running has a bad effect on my immune system too. Every time I started jogging (until I learned better) I had a cold within a week.
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Jogging is bad for your health! I KNEW it! Let’s publish a learned academic paper on the topic and begin freeing people from the ill effects of jogging. The book and movie will follow. Oh wait a minute…more flights of fancy.
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I marvel at how many blog posts you DO get done. To me it’s really quite amazing.
We had the first (short) leg of our trip toward home, today. We are back in Jacksonville with Dan’s family until early Monday morning. It’s been a great week.
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Looking forward to seeing you!
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After lots of research, there is a thought going around about exercise: All movement counts; it doesn’t have to be a major event (such as running for 45 minutes) but do the movement that you enjoy, the movement that means something to you. (No Sweat by Michelle Segal). With this in mind, perhaps (as you say) start small. Any amount of writing you enjoy counts! Perhaps we won’t get an entire blog post to read every weekday (our loss!!), but hopefully you won’t burn out by continuing to write, and we’ll be able to continue to enjoy reading your blogs! Not the perfect analogy, but you get the idea. Your running/jogging? Your hiking counts just as much (and you inspire me greatly)! Go Lynn the active athlete! ❤
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Thanks for your encouraging words! ❤️
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